While being at the FINA CAF Airsho (2004 report) I hade the possibility for several flights in historic aircraft, including one in a Curits C-46 Command to go on a photo mission. While up in the air, a ...

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For a change from that many F-2A displays an F-15J from nearby Nyutabaru also arrived for some fly-bys, which were rather high, except for the last one after a ‚missed approach’, which presented a nice ...

... highlight in the remaining available hours until the end of the show.
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Based at Ellington is also NASA, which flies it T-38A Talons for Astronauts training. Other hangars host ...

... collection presented in the last hours of sunlight. And with the wind being mostly calm around that time the chances are high to see the famous Edwardian aircraft doing their circuits over the airfield. ...

... too short to really support American air strikes, and due to only a single-stage supercharger they lacked power at higher altitudes. Their main success was on the Eastern Front in the hands of Russian ...

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High Value Airborne Asset (HVAA) Protect/Attack
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For two weeks these Air Forces gathered at Andravida Air Base, which is alread ...

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With the FW190, Bf 109 and Me 262 being part of the collection of the Military Aviation Museum, the hopes of many visitors were high to see this trio flying ...

... on weekend before she was one of the highlights on the flying program at Duxford. However, when landing back home at Yeovilton, she suffered a belly landing that would keep here on ground for a while and ...

... it at that time the busiest airport in the world with approximately 123 aircraft movements per hour. For the pilots it was once again the great fly-in, and the highlight for the airshow this year were ...

... it is also the most southerly located and close to the Alps. Even on days with just normal visibility the impressive mountain chain, cumulating in the Zugspitze, Germany’s highest mountain, can be seen ...

... if it hurts a bit, setting a focus on certain events and areas usually helps to make the best of it. The #OSH16 highlights were the Pearl Harbor 75th commemoration, two night air shows, the Canadian Snowbirds ...

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Meiringen stands out by the fact that aircraft operations are handled out of caverns. These underground aircraft shelters are highly secret and ...

... hat were visited by 300 photographers. Apart from some photos of the static display the highlights were of course the arrivals of jets such as a Polish MiG-29 from Malbork (interestingly this twinseater ...

The DG Flugzeugbau DG-800S is a high performance single-seat glider with an impressive wingspan of 18m and a maximum glide ratio of 51,5 with winglets installed. As for comparable gliders it becomes obvious ...

... the Slovak International Airshow at Sliac, Slovakia, promised them, and delivered! Combined with many other flying displays these former Warsaw Pact aircraft highlighted a more than sunny airshow.
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... of the spectators was without any major problems. Most likely this was due to the early opening of the gates before the announced time at 7am, and the decision not to put any of the highlights of the flying ...

... with the Bulgarian Air Force (BuAF) and to bolster readiness to conduct combined air operations.
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As an additional highlight Bulgarian ...

... fly-by on October, 27th, including 42 different aircraft. Highlights included the Boeing E-737 “Wedgetail” AEW&C flanked by F-16s, TA-50s and F-4E Phantoms. The latter unfortunately flew only during the ...

... 501 Hikotai.
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The Blue Impulse display team, highly popular for the Japanese public, was set for Tsuiki, which influenced the number of public attendance at the two remaining ...

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Saturday and Sunday were also the highlights for the airshow of the FAC. Parachutists and once again the Halcones ...

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